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I ’m not guilty of narrow distaste of others’ wealth


WELL, what a hornet’s nest I inadvertently s t i r red up in last week’s “Adver t iser and


Times.” My sincere thanks to Mr Fawcet t for pointing out my “wide-eyed hys te r ia.” "woolly-headed emot ive


nonsense" and so on — I quite agree with his view that one should stay cool and calm when wri t ing and I thought I would make his day with a few more


“rumblings.” Fi rst ly, I have no idea how he could interpret


envy as being the mot ivat ion for my let ter . Like most sensible people, I disagree wi th subs idies because of the over-intensive cultivation and waste­ ful over -product ion they c re a te , r a th e r than any nar row distaste of others’ wealth. I mentioned their existence as an example of how


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Bus passes valid longer


SKNIOI I ci t izens in tin* Kiblilc Valley do not need to renew their Inis passes until iMan*!i )!)hd. 'Hie message has eoine


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from t he I i ibble Val iev Council , whieh is uridnir all pens ioners who have bus passes to keep them, as they will remain valid for another Hi months. Any senior citizen wish­


ing to apply lor a bus pass should yu a lony to the cotmeil officers on ( ’hureh Walk with a passport-size photograph, proof of ajje and residence and El for the fee. Kurt her informa­ tion is available from .Mr k i l l A I k e r ( f l i t h om e LioHl).


Club rallies to help sufferers


ARK A asthma sufferers can breathe easier now, thanks to the Clithcroc Royal British Legion Club, whieh plans to purchase up to half-a-tlo/.cn n cb u liser s for Clithc ro c Health Centre.


The club will use pro­ c e e d s f rom a p a c k e d


fund- raiser held on Fr i ­ day night . The evening, o rg an i s ed by th e club c ommi t te e and ladies* d a r t s “ A” t e am , f e a ­ tu red th e s in g in g duo “ Hig h . l i n k s , ” s p o n ­ sored by Whi tbread pic and music provided Iiv S o u n d T r a x D i s c o ’s S t u a r t a n d A n n e ( lower, of Cl i theroe. In all, tile d u b raised


£!).”2.10 th ro u g h raf f le t icket sales, receipts at


S P E C I A L O F F E R O N P U R C H A S E S O V E R £ 1 0 0 C A S H P R IC E


the door, a draw for a f o o t b a l l s i g n e d hv Blackburn Rovers and a g u e s s th e we ig h t o f a cake compet i t ion. T h e el til) p l a n s to


wind lip fu n d r a i s in g wi th the possible a u c ­


Take handbag


T H IS VMS stole a hand- bag from a car parked at Hanson’s Garden Cent re, B a r r o w , on T u e s d a y iflornoon. Th e o f fen d e r s forced


open the passenger door of the car, a Nissan Sunny, and s to le th e h an d b ag , which c o n ta in ed c r e d i t cards in the name of V. Clavton.


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ROBICK are asking hou­ seholders to be ext ra vigi­ lant af ter thieves stole six stone Hags, valued at £(>0, from the yard of a house on Victoria St reet , Clith- e r o e , o v e r n i g h t o n Saturdav.


t i o n o f a b o t t l e o f H o u s e o f C om m o n s wine, donated and au to ­ graphed by Kibble Val ­ ley .MR Mr M i c h a e l


Carr . Hie tu ro d ab o v e a r e


o r g a n i s e r s , m e r r y - m a k e r s a n d “ H i g h J i n k s ” s in g e r s Ju d i th and David Walmslev, of Great Harwood.


Puncture leads to trailer theft


THIKVKS made a quick get-away with a fast fond t r a i le r a f te r the vehicle p u l l i n g it s u f f e r e d a puncture. The the f t occur red on


Sunday morning, between (I a.m. and 7 a.m. . a f te r the t r a i le r ’s owner , who was on his way to (lisburn Market, left the vehicles in o rd e r to phono for help. Whi le he was away, the trai ler was stolen. 'Pile t rai ler is a white,


twin-axle box-tvpe, with red vinyl let tering on the side. It measures K> feet by seven feel and contains numerous i tems of c a te r ­ ing equipment.


Retired farmer


unveils plan for farm museum


A RETIRED farmer is hoping Lo build : replica farmhouse of yesteryear in Langlio as a tourist attraction.


Tin- project involves the


bui lding of a single-story “ 150-year-old" fnnnhon.se museum on land off North- vote Road. Th<' r e t i r e d f a rm e r


wants to remain anonyn- mous for now because of th e r isk of his valuable collection of old vehicles and farm vehicles becom­ ing a p r ime t a r g e t for thieves, said his a,cent. Mr Mike Grcsty. of National Self-Ruild, which handles planning lor the farming community.


One hal f of th e f a rm­


house would be the cura­ t o r ' s home plus old - fa ­ s h i o n e d k i t c h e n a n d cheese-making area, and the other half an art gal­ lery ex h ib i t in g or iginal p i c t u r e s of f a rm s an d


‘Loony’ idea


to cut traffic in Sabden


"COMMUTERS" using Sabden as a short cut between the Kibble' Valley and the Burn- ley/Rendle area could find the brakes put on — if’a suggestion by the village’s official "loony” councillor happens to be adopted.


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said that traffic police had recently done a survey in the area near the county p r ima ry school and the volume of traffic did not mer i t any a c t io n b e ing taken. There was less than one vehicle a minute dr iv­ ing through between 2 and li-dl) p.m. Howev e r , th e pa r i sh


council was told that the Depar tment of Transpor t had a p p ro v e d th e p r o ­ posed “Sabden Welcomes Careful Drivers” signs to be e r e c t e d on th e four roads into the village and there are hopes that grant a id may b e a v a i l a b l e towards the cost. A traffic safety mi rror


FRIDAY 13th


on t ’l i theroe Hoad, Sab ­ den. which was damaged within two days of being erected, is to he replaced by the county council at a cost of £200. But th e co u n ty lias


animals. Oth e r bui ldings would


house his collection of vin­ t a g e f a rm m a c h in e r y farming tools, and vintage Daimlers and would form ;i cour tyard at the centre ol which would be a t r ad i ­ t ional maze, probably ol yew and laurel. A music room would dis­


play a l a r g e Ame r i c a n pianola and several IIM V g r am o p h o n e s a n d old records. There would also he a fine collection of muz­ zle- loading f i rearms and other weapons. Nine acres of land would


he made available for pic nic areas and walks. The project , which ini­


tially would cost at least £ 2 ”>t).0(H) for th e main b u i ld in g an d c a r - p a r k , could be ready for the 1DDH tour is t season, assuming change of use and planning a p p l i c a t i o n s go a h e a d


without hitch. At pre sen t , an out l ine


plan has been submi t ted to the kibble Valley Borough


Council for approval. "I t would certainly be ;i


major boost for tourism,* said Mr Gresty. •It’s the first time we’vi


handled an ything of this n a tu r e , a l th o u g h we ’re


working on an animal zoo in Wales, but we’re apply ing the same principles to th i s p ro je c t — making sure it is sui table to the sur rounding communi ty.”


Playing a tune for Old Clitheronians


ACCLAIMED pianist Mr William Blezanl will play a tunc tor Old f l i thcronians mi March 20tli. when lie delivers the second in thei r series of annual lectures. A pupil at t ' l i theroe Royal Grammar School from


l!i:!2 to Mr Blezanl went on to become an internationally distinguished pianist, composer mid songwri ter. He lias performed all over the world, composed regular ly for television and radio and worked us musical d i r e c to r to many Wes t Hud


productions. Mr Blezanl is currently involved in the production


of "Not Yet for Dodo,"’ with verse by Noel Cow- nrd, for which lie plays the incidental music. Old Cl i theronians will enjoy his one-mnn show,


-At the Keyboard." a mixture of musical enter tain­ ment and eliat about ltis -la years in show business.


farmers gain financial help, which makes it unneces­ sary for them to be so obsessive about scraping every possible penny from thei r land. Of course, farms should he profitable, but this is possible without hav­ ing to persecute other creatures out of existence and I refuse to believe that leaving the rabbits in relative peace would destroy any farmer ’s livelihood. My let ter was motivated by sympathy for all the


unfortunate creatures who are powerless to defend themselves against such strong enemies. Obviously 1 realise that grass is man-managed, but the laud itself has existed since almost the beginning of time and theoretically belongs to us all. Clearly, this is unworkable in practice but, while


it is often easy for the st rong to forget the weak in pursuit of self-interest, a little generosi ty towards others is always a good thing. Today, conservation is often encouraged, some­


times with the provision of grants, but this does not change the fact that in the past we lost a lot of our heritage, from flowers to marshlands, through leav­ ing the guardianship of our land in the hands of the farming communi ty. Of course, some farmers are caring and considerate, but Mr Fawcet t apparent ly wishes us to believe that the whole lot of them are horn fully equipped with haloes. If this is the case, why does the Countryside Commission claim that , in the last :»() years, Britain has lost almost 10C of its ancient hedgerows, largely due to changing farming methods? 1 was also criticised for claiming that animals are


“ fear -crazed” when taken to s laughte r . Well, of course, they are. That is why proteolytic enzymes (or tcndcrising agents) are injected into the panicking animals to prevent their muscles t ightening and lock­ ing when the fear sets in. Incidentally. 1 neve)' alleged that livestock are


badly treaL*d by farmers themselves — that really would be abusing the goose who lays the gulden egg on their part — but 1 do object to all tin* sent i­ mental rubbish about farmers staying up all night to calve cows, while their wives feed orphaned lambs.


All very sweet and maternal to be sure , but it does not save the fattened lambs from the slaughter ­ house once the profit margin is large enough.


Farmers keep thei r animals healthy for the sake


of th e i r bank balances, r a th e r than any humani ­ tarian motives.


Letters to the Editor Finally, in answer to Mr Fawcet t asking "is their


such a ti l ing as unneeded meat in this t roubled, starvinp world,” surely lie realises that world s ta rva­ tion is a major factor in many conversions to vege­ tar ianism? Fi r s t ly, pove r ty - s t r ick en , thi rd-wor ld countries use their land to prow cash crops to feed our factory-farmed livestock instead of prowinp food crops to feed thei r own people and, secondly, up to >15':;. of th e pruin fed to ail animal is wa s ted in


enerpy. Bearinp in mind that an acre of soya beans will


feed one person for five years, while tile same acre of liarlev fed to a s te er will provide about five months wor th of food, I feel 1 have ample reasons to be proud, r a th e r than a shamed, of my “vegetar ian tendencies.”


1). ROBINSON, :j Albemar le St reet , Cl i theroe.


Scheme lacks commercial viability


MAY 1 write in response to your leader sirtic-lo of March nth in which Michael Ca r r MI expressed his thoughts on the current stale ol the auction mart proposals.


As is well known, the*


( ’hambe*)' of T r a d e has ma in ta in ed a co ns is tent stance- on this issue- over the- past IS months. Dur ­ ing th a t t ime we have repeatedly presented the


argument that the- schema* was <levelope*r-biased and


lacke-d commercial viabil­ i ty - especial ly in the co n tex t of th e e x i s t in g


structure. We have* organised and


publ ished informal s u r ­ v e y s of pub l ic o p inion which, wh en combined wi th f igures from othe*r sourevs, show consistently


Something must be done to avoid road carnage


I AM sure I speak for all Clitheroe motorists — and cyclists in particu­ lar — who arc turning' right out of Lancaster Drive up Edistord Road


towards town. The bend in the road


e x t e n d s fu r 50 y a r d s , wh i e h o n ly a l low s an approaching vehicle from tow n in to v i ew a t lit! y a rd s . At (it) m.p .h . it covers SSt't per second, hot le t 's a s sume , as in too many cases, that it’s doing 50 m.p.h. At this speed tile d() y a rd s would take 2.-15 seconds to cover if the dr iver kept on point;. Consider this very pos­


sible situation: before pull­ ing out th e r e is a clear road to the riplu; to the left a car is cominp from Ed is fo rd Br id g e and is about opposi te the p a te into the spor ts field on the driver's left. It appears to lie moving


at a speed which pives us comfor table t ime to pull out in f ront . We look to the ripht; all clear, so we start to move out, looking r ip h t , but wi th a quick planee to the left, whieh is comfortably free still. Still notliinp af ter a cou­


ple of yards, then in a split second flash we see a car at biplt speed approachinp. He sees our car movinp


slowly f rom a s t a n d in p s t a r t a n d l ia s t h r e e options: (I) will we brake v io l e n t ly to a s to p , in which case lie will drive in front of os. maintaininp his sliced: (2) will we scoot across — which we must now do in u n d e r two seconds; or d!) will he try to pull up to avoid havinp to po over the crown of the road to avoid us and te r ­ rify the onconiinp car from Edistord Bridpe'.'


He c an’t s top shor t of


us, as the hrakinp distance ON A DRY ROAD at 50 m.p.h. is 175ft. or the do yards which would lirinp iiis front bumper against our car door.


Ti le s ame c o n d i t io n s


apply when turning ripht f rom St R a u l ' s S t r e e t towards Kdisford Bridpe. Tile church wall obscures tile view until completely across the road and you are forced to drive slowly o u t , wi th so o f te n th e necessity to stop part way across or, as above, accel­ erate out of tile way of a last second speedster.


9 C(mia:sr<).XI>h:.XTS arc rem ence will be given in letters whieh m for contributions of 300 w to give o their eiew


s niang people n s.


inded Unit prefer­ eet onr ret/uesl


ords or less, lo enable n s possible a ehanee lo air


s


A C L ITHEROE school- Linux Clilherue, girl who phmpi'il down an uncovered inspect ion pit was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary suffering from shock and bruising. Twelve-year-old Mainly


T h om p s o n , of T a lb o t (dose, fell down the pit in an al levwav. off W'oone


Girl rescued from pit oil Tues­


day night. Terrified Mainly, who is


a pupi l at Rib id e s d a l e High School , was lifted from the pit hv passersby wlio ru sh e d to h e r aid af ter hearing her cries. She went home a f t e r hospital treatment .


Leonard Cheshire home benefits from coffee event Coming from town, the


slight gradient past Rufus C a r r ’s and th e splendid


view of open country are almost an encouragement to ant icipate the de-limit sign, whieh only appears at Edis ford Br idge and NOT halfway to Seedal l Avenue. On the reverse journey


from Edisford Br idge to town, the 20 m.p.h. limit s ig n is p la c ed e x a c t ly where the natural inclina­ tion is to increase power for th e g r a d i e n t . How many take it off! Cars, lor­ r ie s , p ante chnicons , all a c c e l e r a t e up to '10-50


m.p.h. anti all too often tip to and over (it) m.p.h., as was repor ted recent ly in


your paper. It is impossible for tile


police to keep a constant cheek ml this whole length of ro ad . Not long ago, signs were posted along it, b u t


th a t tin* publ ic a rc not s u p p o r t iv e of th e d e v e ­ loper-driven format. O v e r th a t p e r io d we


have been cr i t icised and dismis sed as “ n ega t ive ” and “react ionary.” On the co n t ra ry , we bel ieve we have been re a l is t ic ami


accurate. The document o r ig in ­


ated by the retail consul­ tants which recently came


into t In* publ ic domain gives clear indicat ion to the local author i ty that the scheme as proposed is not financially viable, would r e s u l t in a los s to th e developer and might never be built. This justifies and v in d ic a te s th e pos i t ion taken by the Chamber on this issue. But, Michael Ca r r asks,


lias too much been spent to this point to risk cancel­ lation. This is the danger that could present itself, that the elected represen­ tat ives might fear a back­ lash for wa s t in g publ ic money should they call a halt to the scheme. Absolutely not.' Without


th e in v o lv emen t of the co n su l ta n ts , the rep o r t advising that the scheme is u n t e n a b l e would not have been possible. Thus tile expense was needed to prove the lack of viability. 'Flu* g r a n t in g of p lan­


ning permission to a deve­ loper would result in a loss of control of much of our future. It would mean that not only had we given away the family silver, hut


had sp e n t h u n d r e d s of thousands of pounds hav­ ing it gold-plated. Our planning committee


t h e y s o o n


disappeared. Something must lie done


to protect this vulnerable st retch between the ends of Lancaster Drive and St P a u l ’s S t r e e t . Mi r r o r s might lie of smile a s s is ­ tance, but may lie imprac­ ticable and not HHJ'/i reli­ able, opposite thei r ends. P E RM A N E N T n o t i c e s should lie d i sp la y e d on eaeli side of the openings wi t l i wa rn in g s such as “concealed ent ry" or "acci­ dent zone — watch your speed.” With the ever - increas­


ing speed of today's t raf ­ fic, the cont inual " n e a r do’s” and bumps (two in the last 10 days) will one day surely resul t in c a r ­ nage.


Of course, although rea­


sonable dr ivers may take heed of warning notices, the madheads will always be wi th us and all th a t would d e t e r them would be s le eping pol icemen a foot high every few yards! (even then . . . '!) But at least we could feel th a t SOME TH IN G is b e in g d o n e to a l l e v i a t e t h i s situation.


TRAFFIC WATCHER.


Pointing- to old section


warned that, if the mirror is damaged again, the resi­ dents of nearby Top Row or the parish council wdl have to foot the bill for any replacements. The mi r ror was placed


NORW T^R U S T T T.


o p p o s i te Top Row j u s t b e fo re C h r i s tm a s , as a s a f e l y f e a t u r e f o r motor is ts coming out on Cl i thcroc Road, but two n i g h t s l a t e r i t w a s smashed atul thrown into a field by vandals. Vice-chai rman of Sab­


den Pa r i sh Council Mrs Marion Procter, who lives on T o p Row, to ld th e council: “ It should be the vandals themse lve s who a r e ma d e to p a y , not ratepayers."


PARDON mu for com­ plaining, but surely some­ thing must be amiss with bui lding work if, as the scaffolding suggests, the “new" Clitheroe library is r e q u i r i n g e x t e n s i v e r e p a i r s so so o n a f t e r completion?


A. BROWN, liS Cast le View, Cl i theroe.


MEMBERS ol the Cl i theroe Suppor t Croup for the Leonard Cheshi re Home at Ca r s tan p have been quick to th a n k all those who turned out lor the i r coffee morning at the Cl i theroe Uni ted Reformed Church. Be twe en 10 a .m. an d n o o n on S a tu rd a y , th e g ro u p r a i sed a he f ty £255


through the sale of coffee, cake, br ing-and-buv i tems and raf f le t ickets. P ro ­ ceeds will help the Ga r s tan g home to offset such costs as minibus and hol i ­


day expenses. Pictured are organiser s and suppor ter s o f the highly successful event.


O E d i to r 's note: Lan c a ­ s h i r e C o u n t y C o u n c i l informs us th a t the scaf­ folding is t h e r e for re- pointing work being done to an old p a r t o f th e l ibrary. The work should take a month but, in the meantime, “business is as usual."


has now to lake the cor­ rect decision and withdraw f rom th i s s c h eme . F a r f rom c r i t i c i sm , it will receive praise from across the community for fulfill­ ing its duty in a rigorous manner. Then we can look again,


and with conviction, at a lo c a l l y - d r i v e n s c h eme which will provide* the gain in commu n i ty faci l i t ie s wh ich th e b u lk of the Cli theroe electorate see* as nee*ded.


CHRIS WOOD, President , C l i th e r o e a n d Di s t r ic t Chambe r of Trade, Tile Old Stables, Back Woone Lane, Cl i theroe.


Forget plans for town


WE read much about the auction mar t dilemma, yet what about the two ton t rash cans? It seems tile nouveau riche comforted in ti le counci l have got thei r priorities wrong and that money can be freely s p e n t o n g r a n d i o s e schemes. 1 say, forget this proposed development and get back to fundamentals of im p r o v i n g w o r k in g conditions.


W. E. MORTON, 20 Bawdlands, Cl i theroe.


A ‘Boycott’ lb


I WO N D E R if th e lovely village of Wad- dington wants to re- j o i n Y o r k s li i r e b e c a u s e a pol i t ical par ty has stolen their red roses. Perhaps they may


“Boycot t" the whole idea. Who knows?


I) A V I I ) ( K I N G BEE) BEESLEY, P a r l i a m e n t a r y candidate. Chequers , Sabden.


P .S . Ho p e n o -o n e chops thei r ash-down!


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